Interchangeable-color-exhibiting device



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J. E. PATTON, Jr. INTEROHANGEABLE COLOR EXHIBITING DEVICE. No. 572,216.

Patented Dec. 1,

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J. E. PATTONQJr. INTERGHANGEABLE COLOR EXHIBITING DEVIGE.

No. 572,216. Patented Dec. '1', 1896.

\llllllllllll llllllllllllml UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES E. PATTON, JR., OF MILYVAUKEE, VISCQNSIN.

INTERCHANGEABLE-COLOR-EXHIBITING DEVICE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 572,216, dated December 1896. Application filed July 6,1896. Serial No. 598,065. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES E. PATTON, J r., a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Milwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee and State of \Visconsimhave invented certain new and useful Improvements in Interchangeable- Color-Exhibiting Devices; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and

exact description thereof.

My invention relates to devices for exhibiting contrasting colors or paints 5 and it consists in certain peculiarities of construction and combination of parts, as will be fully set forth hereinafter and subsequently claimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a front view of my device. Fig. 2 is a view of the same extended or open and partially broken away. Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view, and Fig.

4 is a perspective rear view.

The object of my invention is the production of a convenient means for aiding in the selection of suitable colors to be employed in painting a house, and to that end I have devised a construction employing a series of color-cards, which cards are movable and in terchangeable and are combined with so much of the representation of a building as will give proper effect to the color scheme, whereby changes can be instantly made and varied indefinitely until a combination satisfactory to the would-be purchaser is effected.

Referring to the drawings, Arepresents the base, formed, preferably, of cardboard, which may be embossed or built of several layers of paper, as preferred, so as to have a central depression a,surroun ded by a frame I). \Vithin this depressed portion are arranged the colorcards 13 O D,which are all of the same size and shape and are removable and interchangeable. There may be any number of these cards, each one having a different tint'or color,

as indicated in the drawings by the difference in shading. These cards are all oblong pieces, but in Fig. 2 they are shown partly broken away to show the depressed part a, within which they rest. From the described frame I) of the base A, which frame is usually a separate layer, there preferably project inward tongues c c c, beneath which the color-cards are slipped to better retain them in place. To one end or edge of the base A there is hinged the cover-E, which bears upon its outer surface the representation of a house or other building. This cover is further formed cover is closed down upon the base, as in Fig. 1, the said opening extends from the top of the roof down to the foundation of the house, and, when the color-cards are in place, gives an excellent idea of the colors employed, respectively, for the roof, the body of the house, and the trimmings. It will be seen that the cards can be quickly changed and a new combination color effect instantly produced.

On the back of the base is secured an envelop F, the flap e of which is shown raised in Figs. 1 and 4, and this envelop forms a receptacle for the color-cards, of which there should be as many as there are colors or shades of building-paints. The entire device forms a neat and convenient article, and one of great utility for all dealers in paints and for their customers.

Having thus described my invention, what 7 5 projecting over said center, a series of removo able and interchangeable color-cards fitting within said center, beneath said tongues, a cover hinged to the base, and having a mutilated or partially-cut-away picture on its outer face,and a receptacle for the color-cards secured to the back of the base, substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand, at Milwaukee, in

the county of Milwaukee and State of Wis- 10o cousin, in the presence of two witnesses.

JAMES E. PATTON, JR. \Vitnesses:

N. E. OLIPHANT, B. O. ROLOFF. 

